Sixteen Amazing Feminist Poetry Collections Featured at Bustle

Sometimes a solid lit-listicle is exactly what you need to carry on through Monday afternoon. At Bustle, E. Ce Miller delivers a list that sizzles, with 16 feminist poetry collections by the likes of Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Morgan Parker, H.D., Lyn Hejinian, and 11 more. We'll sample the snippets from Morgan Parker and Lyn Hejinian below, and then let you head to Bustle for all the other goodness.

Morgan Parker’s second collection of poetry There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé is infused with politics and pop culture, and features personal poetry that calls feminists to action and challenges the status quo. Critiquing everything from modern media and current politics, to capitalism and over-consumption, to the systemic racism and sexism throughout American society, Parker’s writing is fierce, fiery and in-your-face.

 

Lyn Hejinian’s poetry collection The Book of a Thousand Eyes takes its inspiration from the story of Scheherazade (the virgin bride destined to die, who saved her own life by telling her murderous husband great stories, night after night after night) — so already you know wherever she’s going, it’s gonna be good. From there she takes readers on a feminist crusade through fairy tales, mythology, and lullabies, all while playing with the boundaries of poetic form and language.